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No Oglaf Link
« on: 18 Sep 2013, 02:04 »

That's odd - Oglaf http://oglaf.com/ (NSFW) is no longer listed under "Other Good Comics".  I wonder, does Jeph no longer think it's good. Or is he now wary of linking to it because it is actually very very NSFW.
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #1 on: 18 Sep 2013, 02:30 »

I hadn't noticed, but I doubt it's been removed because it's NSFW - some of the QC strips aren't very SFW either!
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #2 on: 18 Sep 2013, 03:57 »

Oglaf is extremely explicit, anything in QC doesn't even begin to hold up in a comparison of SFW-ness. The comic's still hilarious, so I'm guess it's content.
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #3 on: 18 Sep 2013, 05:57 »

The comic's still hilarious, so I'm guess it's content.

I'd say it's hilarious as ever and leave it at that.
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #4 on: 18 Sep 2013, 06:23 »

The first ones, with the sorceress' apprentice, were funny. Now you occasionally get a funny one, but most are just far fetched without being funny at all.
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #5 on: 18 Sep 2013, 07:47 »

It's been hit-and-miss lately, but this one was pretty hilarious.
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #6 on: 18 Sep 2013, 12:11 »

some of the QC strips aren't very SFW either!

You have no idea. It's format is basically comical porn.
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #7 on: 18 Sep 2013, 12:40 »

You have no idea.

Somehow I doubt that  :roll:
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #8 on: 18 Sep 2013, 13:20 »

What do I have no idea about? I've read Oglaf - it's definitely not safe for work, I agree there! But then again I'm old-fashioned, I don't think people should be reading any comic at work.
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #9 on: 18 Sep 2013, 13:41 »

What if you work as a proof-reader?
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #10 on: 18 Sep 2013, 13:55 »

If you work as a proofreader for a comic, proofread the heck out of that thing! :P
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #11 on: 18 Sep 2013, 14:11 »

I hadn't noticed, but I doubt it's been removed because it's NSFW - some of the QC strips aren't very SFW either!

Reminds me of the time I checked QC in class and this was that day's comic.

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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #12 on: 18 Sep 2013, 20:52 »

I hadn't noticed, but I doubt it's been removed because it's NSFW - some of the QC strips aren't very SFW either!

Reminds me of the time I checked QC in class and this was that day's comic.
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #13 on: 19 Sep 2013, 05:47 »

That was about the time I started reading QC full-time.

To my everlasting shame.  :psyduck:
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #14 on: 19 Sep 2013, 10:07 »

Yup, those were the ones I was thinking of when I said QC wasn't SFW!
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #15 on: 20 Sep 2013, 04:18 »

I think Oglaf lost the funny some time ago. If Jeph thought so to, it would not surprise me particularly.
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #16 on: 20 Sep 2013, 04:20 »

I thought the comic links were partially inspired by being friendly with the creator too.

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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #17 on: 20 Sep 2013, 07:10 »

That was about the time I started reading QC full-time.

To my everlasting shame.  :psyduck:

Funny how the naked strips have that effect on people.  Mine was a little earlier
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #18 on: 20 Sep 2013, 08:33 »

I think Oglaf lost the funny some time ago. If Jeph thought so to, it would not surprise me particularly.
I'd agree.  But on Twitter, Jeph was all atwitter over a few recent ones, so that does not seem to be the case.
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #19 on: 20 Sep 2013, 15:37 »

This thread kinda turned into a tl;dr of QC for the risque strips.

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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #20 on: 20 Sep 2013, 15:38 »

See?  Everything really does have a purpose! 
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #21 on: 02 Oct 2013, 18:08 »

Jeph just answered this on Tumblr. If he links to adult sites Google could drop him from AdSense and cost him a lot of revenue.
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #22 on: 02 Oct 2013, 18:13 »

That is kind of odd because I remember seeing some ads in the past for more adult-themed comics or websites, like slipshine or c.urvy...
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #23 on: 02 Oct 2013, 23:05 »

makes sense, unfortunately. that sort of thing's a big reason why i hate the advertising supported business model.
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #24 on: 03 Oct 2013, 03:25 »

Oglaf is basically the NC-17 OOTS/Discworld, although of a somewhat lower tier.  I actually look forward to it all week.  The artists batting average is better than almost any other webcomic for me. 
QC is essentially a 2 Broke Girls or Don't Trust The B*** in comic form (with robots).  Bickering humor about half the time.  Bickering humor dates back to The Honeymooners.  Hell, bickering humor dates back to Much Ado About Nothing.  By comparison, there aren't many places you get owlbear jokes, or gay Conan jokes.  So Oglaf has a lot more novelty.
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #25 on: 03 Oct 2013, 16:43 »

Oh, well, why bother then?
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #26 on: 07 Oct 2013, 09:47 »

Oglaf is basically the NC-17 OOTS/Discworld, although of a somewhat lower tier.  I actually look forward to it all week.  The artists batting average is better than almost any other webcomic for me. 
QC is essentially a 2 Broke Girls or Don't Trust The B*** in comic form (with robots).  Bickering humor about half the time.  Bickering humor dates back to The Honeymooners.  Hell, bickering humor dates back to Much Ado About Nothing.  By comparison, there aren't many places you get owlbear jokes, or gay Conan jokes.  So Oglaf has a lot more novelty.
I don't think the characters in QC actually bicker. They are more sarcastic. Bickering is usually "dumb": (Is not! Is too! Is not! Is too!). Jeph doesn't go for the sitcom "miscommunication is funny" gags, which is usually the root cause bickering. QC characters banter, not bicker.
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #27 on: 16 Oct 2013, 02:48 »

On a positive note, the new link took me to Gunnerkrigg Court for the first time. I archived binged and am now in love with a new webcomic  ^-^

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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #28 on: 16 Oct 2013, 19:55 »

New?  I thought Gunnerkreig's been there for a while... (another oone of my favorites) ;)
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #29 on: 19 Oct 2013, 08:41 »

I'm too lazy to find it, but I recall Jeph tweeting about the latest Oglaf a few days ago, showing that he still approves.
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #30 on: 19 Oct 2013, 09:17 »

It's in a recent QA post on Tumblr:

http://jephjacques.com/post/62913133057/question-time-answer-time

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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #31 on: 19 Oct 2013, 09:25 »

Just a thought: Couldn't he remove the hyperlink and leave the name?
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #32 on: 19 Oct 2013, 09:28 »

It's quite likely that Google examine the text of the page as well as links; after all, that's their thing!
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #33 on: 19 Oct 2013, 14:14 »

It's in a recent QA post on Tumblr:

http://jephjacques.com/post/62913133057/question-time-answer-time

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I've seen that, but he also sent the tweets along the lines of finding the latest strip funny.
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #34 on: 19 Oct 2013, 19:00 »

They don't advertise on his twitter. 

More importantly, I don't think they can "read" the twitter insert on his homepage. 
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Re: No Oglaf Link
« Reply #35 on: 20 Oct 2013, 03:09 »

I'm pretty sure 94ssd's point is to (further) counter the speculation that Jeph "no longer thinks it's good" or similar.  (Supporting the idea that the Google policy is the only reason the link was removed.)
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